Landscape genomics reveals genetic signals of environmental adaptation of African wild eggplants.

ABSTRACT: Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide a valuable resource for improving crops. They possess desirable traits that confer resilience to various environmental stresses. To fully utilize crop wild relatives in breeding and conservation programs, it is important to understand the genetic basis of their adaptation. Landscape genomics associates environments with genomic variation and allows for examining the genetic basis of adaptation. Our study examined the differences in allele frequency of 15,416 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) generated through genotyping by sequencing approach among 153 accessions of 15 wild eggplant relatives and two cultivated species from Africa, the principal hotspot of these wild relatives. We also explored the correlation between these variations and the bioclima

SUBMITTER: Omondi EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11232056 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature